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This is a CID investigation n to the death of Fayis Halim Kazim, a detainee being held at the Temporary Holding Facility (THF) Radwaniyah Palace Complex, Iraq, on July 28, 2007. Mr. Kazim was in his assigned cell, Cell #9, waiting to be moved to ...

This is a CID investigation in to the death of Abd Al-Jabber-Sulayman Hasan, a detainee at Theater Internment Facility (TIF), Camp Cropper. While Mr. Hasan was a detainee at Camp Cropper he was seen and treated for Edema & Congestive Heart ...

This is a CID investigation in to the actions of a Sergeant with "C" Company, 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment (2/12), Combat Outpost (COP) Chosen, Iraq. The Sergeant (SGT) was initially suspected, accused and eventually confessed to ...

This is a CID investigation in to the death Ala Shnaywir Karim, a detainee at Theater Internment Facility (TIF), Camp Bucca, Umm Qasr, Iraq. It is reported that on April 3, 2008 Mr. Karim was ill with vomiting. He was evaluated and it was ...

This is a CID investigation in to the death of Khalil Khadir Mohammad Al-Salhat, a detainee the 115th Combat Support Hospital (CSH) Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Camp Cropper, Baghdad, Iraq on October 6, 2008. It is reported that Mr. Al-Salhat had ...

This is a CID investigation into the death of Isam Yunis Hamdan, a detainee being held at the Mosul Detention Facility, Forward Operating Base (FOB) Diamondback, Mosul Iraq on December 29, 2007. It is reported that prior to his being ...

This is a CID investigation in to the death of Taha Daher Muhammed Al-Ithawi, a detainee at the 31st Combat Support Hospital (CSH) at Camp Cropper, Baghdad, Iraq. On March 16, 2008 Mr. Al-Ithawi was admitted to the CSH complaining numerous ...

This is a CID investigation in to the death of Luay Mustafa Razzaq Abd Al, a detainee at the Special Housing Unit 32, Camp Remembrance II, Camp Cropper, Baghdad, Iraq. It is reported that April 4, 2008. It is reported that Mr. Razza Abd Al ...

This is a CID investigation in to the death of Jassam Aljuburi Awad, a detainee at the 31st Combat Support Hospital (CSH) Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Camp Cropper, Baghdad, Iraq. It is reported that Mr. Awad was admitted to the CSH on February ...

This is a CID investigation in to the death of Mahmud Rashid Hasan, a detainee the 115th Combat Support Hospital (CSH) Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Camp Cropper, Baghdad, Iraq, on July 31, 2008. It is reported that Mr. Hasan was admitted to the CSH ...

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